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According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, housing prices in the city have increased by nearly 28 percent in the past year alone, vaulting Vancouver up over San Francisco (where the median home price is $848,000) on the West Coast’s most-expensive-place-to-live leaderboard. What’s not to like about that?

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Go wild for wildlife: After weeks cooped up at home, why not revive your spirits with one of these thrilling breaks

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When the world finally reopens to travel, many of us may want to get close to nature after being cooped up at home for so long. . Book it : A six-night trip including accommodation, meals and travel from £1,735pp (). Book it : From £1,625 pp per day for nine days, based on four travelling together (). Bears in Finland .

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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1 home builder in building permits and construction value, scaring off every large-volume, multistate production operation that dared enter Ivory’s Wasatch Mountain lair. 1 home builder in terms of building permits and construction value and reaching the milestone, in 2019, of 20,000 homes sold (right). Photos: courtesy Ivory Homes.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Here’s the kicker: the entrepreneurs who started the service, Stephanie and Paul Jarrett, lived in San Francisco. “We The Jarrett’s cost of living improved dramatically when they moved from San Francisco to Lincoln: the median price for a home in San Francisco is about $1.1 for the first time.

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State Focus – Utah: Consistently Excellent

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Even Utah’s international airport is on top of its consistency game: last year Travel+Leisure ranked Salt Lake City International Airport the most punctual airport in America, the fifth such ranking for the airport since 2008. The state has not raised its corporate tax rate in nearly 20 years. The balance looks different for everyone.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Jerry Brown fired the two state regulators who had overseen a 70 percent decline in state drilling permits since 2008, a notable turnaround for a state leader who in his first stint as governor in the 1970s pioneered many of California’s landmark environmental protection statutes. Last year, CA Gov.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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All sites are within five miles of Interstate 80, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe mainline travels east/west, which gives rail access to a bevy of manufacturers, agri-business and logistic companies alike. Highway 81, otherwise known as the Pan-American Expressway Corridor, allowing for travel in any direction.